On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 13:42:25 CST, chatnoir
wrote:

Well, in my 350 gallon pond, a jury rig pump I had in the pond
suffered a fitting rupture! I had checked on it and it was doing
fine! Had to go inside for a couple of hours! The fitting ruptured
and pumped water all over my yard but not back into the pond! Had
about three inches in the pond when I discovered the disaster instead
of the 25 inches!! Had only 10 gallons of replacement water sitting
ready to add! So, I had to fill a lot of containers and add Am Quel +
and add it to the pond! So, the pond isessentially new water! Don't
know how long I had to wait for the Am Quel + to work - waited about
10 minutes before I added any treated water to the pond! Today, the
fish seem more active than ever with no ill effect! I will habve to
wait and see the effect! It sure eliminated that small strin algae!

If you put Amquel in a treatment container and waited 10 minutes before
adding the water, I'm quite sure you are fine. I know way back when it use
to be the standard treatment (for aquariums) to put replacement water in a
bucket, add dechlor and wait 30 minutes. I don't know what changed... and
maybe this is still the advice in the aquarium world??? Personally, I add
solid dechlor crystals to my aquariums and let them dissolve in the tank,
and then I add my new water via a fine spray. A 20-25% change on my 55
gallon takes 2 hours. But I'm not lugging buckets, TG!

The pond, I put the crystals in my 55 gallon pump chamber, let it circulate
a bit then take out and replace water at the same time. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
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